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:*Kuhns, Oscar. ''The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch.'' Ann Arbor, Mich.: Gryphon Books, 1971. Digital version at {{FSbook|937519}} - free. | :*Kuhns, Oscar. ''The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch.'' Ann Arbor, Mich.: Gryphon Books, 1971. Digital version at {{FSbook|937519}} - free. | ||
'''Scots-Irish''' started coming in large numbers after 1718. They settled first in the Cumberland Valley area and later pushed into the western Pennsylvania counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, Greene, and Allegheny. Many Scotch-Irish eventually moved into southern states such as Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. French Huguenot and Swiss families mingled with the Germans. Some Huguenots from New York migrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks and Lancaster counties. Swiss Mennonites began to settle in Lancaster county about 1710. | '''Scots-Irish''' started coming in large numbers after 1718. They settled first in the western Chester County area (later Lancaster county) and moved west over the Susquehanna River valley and Cumberland Valley area and later pushed into the western Pennsylvania counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, Greene, and Allegheny. Many Scotch-Irish eventually moved into southern states such as Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. French Huguenot and Swiss families mingled with the Germans. Some Huguenots from New York migrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks and Lancaster counties. Swiss Mennonites began to settle in Lancaster county about 1710. | ||
*Dunaway, Wayland F. ''The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania.'' Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944. Free digital version at [http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/u?/digitalbks2,18370 PA's Past: Digital Bookshelf at Penn State]. Includes chapters on their Ulster background in Ireland, immigration, places of settlement in Pennsylvania, military involvement, economic, social, religious, educational, and cultural contributions. | *Dunaway, Wayland F. ''The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania.'' Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944. Free digital version at [http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/u?/digitalbks2,18370 PA's Past: Digital Bookshelf at Penn State]. Includes chapters on their Ulster background in Ireland, immigration, places of settlement in Pennsylvania, military involvement, economic, social, religious, educational, and cultural contributions. | ||
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=== Records === | === Records === | ||
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'''Philadelphia '''has been a major port of entry for European immigrants since the seventeenth century. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of passenger arrival records from the National Archives, including: | '''Philadelphia '''has been a major port of entry for European immigrants since the seventeenth century. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of passenger arrival records from the National Archives, including: | ||
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*[http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database] - Details on more than 2,500 European indentured servants who served labor terms in Pennsylvania | *[http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database] - Details on more than 2,500 European indentured servants who served labor terms in Pennsylvania | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Pennsylvania|Emigration and Immigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Huguenots|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:English|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Swedes|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Dutch|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Germans|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Lutherans|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Mennonites|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Quakers|Pennsylvania]] [[Category: | [[Category:Pennsylvania|Emigration and Immigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Huguenots|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:English|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Swedes|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Dutch|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Germans|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Lutherans|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Mennonites|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Quakers|Pennsylvania]] [[Category:United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration]] | ||